English Dictionary

idempotent

/aɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/

adj

(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.

The function f(x) = x2 is an idempotent transformation.

意味（1）

(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.

A projection operator is idempotent.

意味（2）

(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.

Every finite semigroup has an idempotent element.

意味（3）

(mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).

Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, it distributes with respect to itself.

意味（4）

(mathematics) (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).